Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab1c50981c1e7a80…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.4 KB Created: 2021-09-25 14:46:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: a027b313ed2f207d895a2ffbe78ee950 SHA-1: d9618ef4a7d85747405f2dc71d0ea0e21a72aed5 SHA-256: ab1c50981c1e7a80ac9e3d08741cc089593973b85b584b33fbc4a4ea051913c4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially harmful content. The presence of these links and the overall structure strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=diesel+fuel+prices PDF link annotation
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139c04e9b847---72839720551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/508e1348252d041d72cd23f193979e34/34239612635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cleanyachts.it/writable/public/userfiles/file/38110620428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalimati.in/userfiles/file/tulixidapasewaxotifalej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flynewsletter.com/uploads/file/zogesiwipujipogevukuseme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upservice.expert/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bosokopaduvovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uklearningnetwork.com/userfiles/file/20467512161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjc-dev.com/userfiles/file/mutevasuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimyasaldubeller.com/upload/ckfinder/files/23040470222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fukaofoods.tw/uploads/files/202109061901243521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.seblocation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vipawut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c2b227b5e30d1de641219e4473219ff/gakubopisazipuzavezotagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changwontour.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210910_A94C8F478D12FFBB.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manhremhoangvan.com/wp-content/uploads/files/xasopujaduvakajewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinoscaform.com/upload/ckimg/files/202109210733299008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bualuang101.com/backoffice/upload/files/3833473923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://databaze-zdarma.cz/userfiles/files/jazopumogawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ecab1674b7---titeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/48ab093fb6ee8df78b9c1093cc269a66/45103527604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthimaynhapkhau.com/upload/files/28807663511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goacetours.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15520784049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mds-horizons.com/upload/files/tomutuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjw-led.com/userfiles/file/82866276506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suativisamsungtaihanoi.net/upload/files/kufiwaxovagemobesuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://projecthouse.bg/uploads/CKfinder/files/31463649599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yigang-lin.com/uploads/files/202109231833102456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b548.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB548 10092 bytes
SHA-256: 72cde72837c9079afd052db1dceeec4ff036df718756f19a0fd09d0f0ed4b26d
font_01_sfnt_off0000cbe3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCBE3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e3f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3F5 15696 bytes
SHA-256: 97cc635e8d475ab591250b0d90a708beaa8699d65c4ec5fcc12c0f4e221c2ab2